Device for operating gates



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G. H. PAXSON.

DEVIGE FOR UPB'RATING GATES.

No. 332,940. Patented Dec. 22', 1885.

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NrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. PAXSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR OPERATING GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,940, dated December 22, 1885.

Application filed September 2, 1885'. Serial No. 175,958. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PAXSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Operating Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of aswinging gate provided with my improved operating mechanism. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of the operating mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the several parts of the operating mechanism separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to devices for opening swinging gates; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the hinge-post of the gate, B and O O are the latch-posts, one at the opposite side of the roadway from the hingepost, and

the two at the same side of the roadway as the hinge-post and at opposite sides of the gate; and D is the gate, which has at the lower portion of the hinge-edge a common eye, E, which is pivoted upon a pintle, F, upon the hinge-post. A plate, G, is secured upon the upper edge of the gate at its hinge end, having a downwardly-bulged portion, H, which bears against the outer side of the upper end of the end batten, I, of the gate, and a lip, J, bearing against the inner side of the said end batten, and the outer end of this plate is formed with a V-shaped notch, K, while the inner end of the plate, which projects beyond the end batten of the gate, is provided with a heart-shaped perforation, L. A plate, M, is secured upon the top of the hinge-post, and has at the end which projects beyond the post toward the gate two pintles, N and 0, projecting upward and downward, the downwardly-projecting pintle engaging the heartshaped perforation of the plate upon the gate. An arm, 1?, is pivoted upon the upwardly-projecting pintle, and has a downwardly-projecting lug, Q, provided with a friction-roller, R, which projects into the V-shaped notch in the outer end of the plate upon the gate, while the other end of the arm is provided with a segment, S, of a pulley, which segment has two grooves, T, in which the operating-ropes U rest, one rope being secured at each end of the segment. These ropes are secured at their other ends to levers V, having their fulcra upon the tops of posts WV W at each side of the gate, so that by rocking a lever the rope may draw upon the segment and swing the arm. It will now be seen that as the arm is swung the roller at the end of the same will bear against the inclined side of the V-shaped notch and force the plate back, which will tilt the gate, raising its latch end, where the gate is provided with a suitable latch, X, which is preferably held in its closed position by a spring, X, the latch being prevented from falling too low by a stop-pin, X and which engages catches Y upon the latch-posts, so that the latch will be raised out of its catch, when the swinging arm will carry the gate around, opening it to theside opposite to the side from which the person operating the gate comes. It will be seen that the heart shaped aperture in the inner end of the plate upon the gate will allow the latch end of the gate to be raised, the said aperture having free play upon the downwardly-projecting pintle of the plate upon the hinge-post. The arm is secured upon the upwardly-projecting pintle N by means of a nutted bolt, Z, passing through a vertical perforation in the pintles.

The entire device is simple of construction and of operation, and will not easily get out of order or wear, there being only three parts of the device and only three places where the surfaces wearviz., the roller and the V- shaped notch, the arm upon the upwardlyprojecting pintle and the downwardly-projecting pintle, and the heart-shaped perforation. The arm will have all the power possible for swinging the gate, being fulcrumed concentric with the pintles of the gate, so that there will be no lateral or eccentric pressure to overcome for the lever besides the force required for swinging the gate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a device for opening swinging gates, the combination of a plate secured upon the top of the hinge-post and having an upwardly and a downwardly projecting pintle concentric with each other, a plate secured to the upper edge of the gate at its hinge end and having a V-shaped notch in one end and a large perforation in the other end fitting upon the downwardly-projecting pintle, and an arm pivoted upon the upwardly-proj ecting pintle and having a downward projection at one end engaging the V-shaped notch, and having ropes attached to its other end, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

' 2. In a device for operating swinging gates, the combination, with the gate, hinge-post,

and latch-posts, of a plate secured upon the top of the hinge'post and having an up- I wardly and a downwardly projecting pintle concentric with each other, a plate having a bulge bearing against the outer side of the top of the hinge-end rail of the gate and a lip bearing against the other side and formed with a V-shaped notch in its outer end and with a heart-shaped aperture in its inner end, an arm fulcrumed upon the upwardly-projeeting pint-1e and having a downwardly-projecting roller at its outer end projecting into ,the V- shaped notch, and having a segment at its other end formed with two peripheral grooves, and two ropes secured. one at each end of the grooves, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. PAXSON. Witnesses:

O. B. TROUT, H. S. Snownns. 

